Etymology

Huitzilopochco

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Today it means: A small pre-Columbian state in what is now the Federal District, Mexico. Full definition →

Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · borrowed fromHuitzilopochco
  2. English todayHuitzilopochco

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl Huitzilopochco, from Huitzilopochtli (name of a god) + -co (locative suffix). Doublet of Churubusco.

Words from the same roots

Classical NahuatlHuitzilopochco all →

BuscoChurubusco

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